Weatherman Kachelmann arrested for alleged rape

Prosecutors in Mannheim confirmed on Monday that Germany’s most famous weatherman Jörg Kachelmann was being held in custody under suspicion of raping his long-time girlfriend.

Daily Bild had reported earlier that the meteorologist for public broadcaster ARD was arrested on Saturday at Frankfurt Airport upon his return from Canada, where he had been covering the weather during the Olympics in Vancouver.

Originally from Switzerland, the 51-year-old Kachelmann allegedly forced his girlfriend to have sex in her apartment in the Rhein-Neckar county in February after they had an argument.

The president of Germany's Council of Psychotherapists said on Tuesday that there was no reason why the country should loosen its rules on doctor-patient confidentiality in the wake of the Germanwings crash.
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